USS PC-1179
For other ships of the same name, see USS Morris.
| History | |
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 United States
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| Name: | USS PC-1179 |
| Builder: | |
| Laid down: | 20 September 1943 |
| Launched: | 6 November 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 22 January 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 13 May 1946 |
| Renamed: | USS Morris (PC-1179), 15 February 1956 |
| Struck: | 1 July 1960 |
| Fate: | sold, 10 May 1961; scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | PC-461-class submarine chaser |
| Length: | 173 ft 8 in (52.93 m) |
| Beam: | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
| Draft: | 10 ft 10 in (3.30 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 x 2,880bhp Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines (Serial No. 833299 and 833300), Westinghouse single reduction gear, two shafts. |
| Speed: | 20.2 kn (37.4 km/h; 23.2 mph) |
| Armament: | 1 x 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, 1 x single 40mm gun mount; 3 x 20mm guns, 2 x rocket launchers, 4 x depth charge projectiles, 2 x depth charge tracks |
USS PC-1179 was a PC-461-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was later renamed Morris (PC-1179) but never saw active service under that name.
Career
PC-1179 was commissioned in 1944 and decommissioned in 1946, she was renamed as the eighth USS Morris in 1956.
She was struck from the navy register on 1 July 1960 and sold on 10 May, 1961, to Zidell Shipbreakers in Portland, Oregon for $17,038.88.
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
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